Books Covered by Tobias

Group Thinkery is up and running

Spurred on by the original post on this site, Group Think, I've started a community blog for book designers. Group Thinkery. You can read more about it here.

Kimberly Glyder blogs

Kimberly has started a nice new  blog about her amazing work. Be sure to check it out.

Chip Central

I hadn't been to Chip Kidd's site (goodisdead.com)in quite some time. The celebrity king of covers has a blog (Journal), links to his writings and an extensive library of his covers (Work). The Work section can be viewed by year, title, author, or randomly. Whichever way it makes for a good site to go to for a little visual inspiration.

Buzz: Because there are so many book cover blogs and so little time.

I have started a new blog which is in essence a "feed reader" for book design blogs. I found myself forgetting about certain blogs or confusing them  due to very similar names (Book Covers, Books Covered, Book Covers Anonymous, etc.). I hope that you will find Buzz to be a valuable resource.

If you have a blog you think would be a good addition, please leave a comment.

Must See TV: Betamaxmas

If you are looking for a good waste of time this holiday season, don't miss Betamaxmas. All the boob-tube glory of the Christmases of the 1980s. You can just flip through the channels with the remote or check out the TV Guide with Arnold and Mr. D. on the cover.

Check out

... anything by David Drummond. You will walk away amazed and questioning how you can call yourself a designer.

...The Little Know-It-All. A book for designers, reviewed on a blog about books for designers.

... Whatever Martha. The funniest show on television.

What Once Was

If you are looking to waste a few moments check out the following Urban Exploration (urbex) sites. They range from the interesting (Mike Tyson's abandoned mansion) to the nostalgic, to the downright creepy.

Dead Malls
the Vanishing Point: Above Ground
the Vanishing Point
Illicit Ohio
Forgotten New York
Forgotten Detroit
Groceteria
Defunct Amusement Parks

Alltop

Books Covered is now a featured listing on Alltop:Design,
Guy Kawasaki's news aggregating service. Thanks guys!

The Dieline

Even if you don't work in packaging design per se, you will want to visit The Dieline blog often. A great source of inspiration. [via]

Busy Designer=Lazy Blogger

My good friend Barry has asked me (in a couple of comments on the previous posts) to tell a little bit about the covers I have posted below. I think he may be kindly telling me that just posting my covers is lazy. If that's his message, he's right. Posting covers is only shameless self-promotion. But, I have been too busy working as of late to write anything constructive, useful, entertaining or conherent. Which I guess is a good thing to be that busy with paying work.

So, in the meantime, enjoy the pretty pictures. I will try to get back to using words soon. I really do appreciate (and am humbled by) all of you who come to see what is happening here.